Question 929-17(5): Temporary Closure Of Cantung Mine  Thanks, Mr. Speaker. To the Minister: I'm a little surprised that we haven't yet done an assessment. I would have thought that once we took over the ownership of a property, and apparently we now have responsibility for the Cantung Mine, that an assessment would be done so that w

Question 929-17(5): Temporary Closure Of Cantung Mine  Thanks to the Minister. I guess I would say, considering the situation that North American Tungsten is in, it's imperative that we check what kind of security we have and probably ensure that we have security that is going to assist us in reclamation if they go under. To the Min

Question 929-17(5): Temporary Closure Of Cantung Mine  Thanks to the Minister. I'll take that commitment. My information is that out of the $11.6 million that about $5 million is in promissory notes. I think promissory notes as an accepted form of security for the liability and reclamation of a mine are not worth very much. Next to w

Question 929-17(5): Temporary Closure Of Cantung Mine  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With respect to the last conversation, I have to say kudos to the RCMP for the job they're doing. They're doing a great job lately. My questions today are addressed to the Minister of Lands. I want to follow up on some questions that I asked to the Minist

Member's Statement On Action Plan For Persons With Disabilities  The government mindset from the previous decade seems to still exist where the issue of services for disabled persons is concerned. The issue is still in that black hole. But it must be removed from that black hole. The decade of inaction has to be replaced with a commitment to a

Member's Statement On Action Plan For Persons With Disabilities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The history on this particular issue bears repeating, so there may be some things which are said twice here. Fourteen years ago the Premier of the day recognized the importance of providing services for persons with disabilities in the NWT. There was an a

Deh Cho Bridge Project Analysis  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Over the summer months I had a disappointing e-mail exchange with the Minister of Transportation. For several years now I’ve been waiting for the government, the Department of Transportation, to produce and make publicly available a comprehensi

Deh Cho Bridge Project Analysis  Everything done by the Department of Transportation does not address the fundamental underlying issue: the project did not proceed as planned. Where is the report which identifies and outlines the problems with the project, where it went off the rails and why? Minister Ramsay c

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, although I think Hilda is gone, but I did want to mention Hilda. She has been a stalwart person in Yellowknife for many years, beyond her work in the Assembly, so I wanted to recognize her work here and her commitment to the community. I’d also

Question 912-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Transportation. I would like to follow up on my Member’s statement and ask some questions about the Deh Cho Bridge review, which is apparently not now coming. I would like to ask the Minister, first

Question 912-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review  Thanks to the Minister. I didn’t suggest that… I think it was my statement that the public didn’t get what they deserved. It was a public commitment in the House to do a retrospective analysis and then there was a decision by the executive, by a Minister and I guess the rest of

Question 912-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review  I don’t believe I was suggesting that the bridge was not a good project. By the time the government took over the project, I believe it was extremely well managed and it has become an excellent piece o f infrastructure. That’s not the issue. The issue is that the project st

Question 912-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have to say to the Minister that the only lessons that were learned were from the review team project. I quote from their report: “The analysis was based on the experience of the delivery team, and many more parts that included political, financial and l

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We wish to deal with Tabled Document 324-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2015-2016; and Tabled Document 325-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016; and, Mr. Chair, we’d li

Committee Motion 140-17(5): Concurrence Of Td 281-17(5): Northwest Territories Capital Estimates 2016-2017, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 281-17(5), Northwest Territories Capital Estimates, 2016-2017, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 281- 17(5) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the